The Mighty Macs (2009)

Cast:
  • Carla Gugino,
  • Ellen Burstyn,
  • Marley Shelton,
  • David Boreanaz,
  • Robert Bizik,
  • Lauren Bittner,
  • Phyllis Somerville,
  • Malachy McCourt,
  • John Peakes,
  • Kate Nowlin,
  • Christopher Mann,
  • Katie Hayek,
  • Meghan Sabia,
  • Jennifer Wiener,
  • Margaret Anne Florence,
  • Shawnee Robertson,
  • Mary Ellen Driscoll,
  • Mark Simms,
  • Cindy Engle,
  • Mike Suermann Jr.,
  • Karen Chamberlain,
  • Kim Blair,
  • Lauren Karl,
  • Michael Smerconish,
  • Kendal Ridgeway,
  • Scott Yannick,
  • Pete Postiglione,
  • Marianna Epright,
  • Vale Anoai,
  • Chelsea O'Toole,
  • Brandon Hannan,
  • Ken Myers,
  • Kim Handloff,
  • Erin Lulevitch,
  • Kathy Romano,
  • Keith Moyer,
  • Kimberley Grosser,
  • Tisha Tinsman,
  • Sara Jane Blazo,
  • Bianca Brunson,
  • Jesse Draper,
  • Tess Roney,
  • Chuck Schanamann,
  • Marianne Bonner,
  • Danielle Stoner,
  • Janine Rafalko,
  • Tim Sherry,
  • Mark Schroeder,
  • Taylor Steel,
  • Daniele Carrol,
  • Steven J. Klaszky,
  • Jean Orlando,
  • Francine Bianco Tax,
  • David E. Brown,
  • William R. Johnson,
  • Beth Marie Jansen,
  • Tony Luke Jr.,
  • Jodie Lynne McClintock,
  • Michael Edward Brooks,
  • Vincent Riviezzo,
  • Gary Beck,
  • Fallon Maressa,
  • Kimberly Villanova,
  • Sonny Vellozzi,
  • Brooke Josephson,
  • Ryan Tygh,
  • Megan Rose,
  • Josh Green,
  • Charles Pendelton,
  • Rich Bryant,
  • Susan Matthews,
  • Diane Varrenti,
  • Frank Aptacy,
  • Gina Allegro,
  • Mike Burns,
  • George Pellegrino,
  • Evangeline,
  • Erin Mosher,
  • Ward Horton,
  • Regina Murphy,
  • Traci Law,
  • Dan Van Wert,
  • Sarah Donaldson,
  • Thomas M. Hagen,
  • William James Kelly,
  • Alice Chamberlain
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description:

The Mighty Macs is a 2011 film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a real life women's basketball coach. The movie comes out in select theaters on October 21, 2011.

plot:

Set in 1972, the film tells the true story of Cathy Rush, a 23-year-old former tomboy. On the brink of giving up on herself, she takes one final shot at her dream and becomes the head basketball coach at Immaculata University located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. With the help of nuns, she finds the courage and faith to lead her team along a brave journey at winning a national championship in women's basketball. The seven members of the 1972 Immaculata championship team appear as nuns in a church scene.